Update: Obama and Biden arrive in Washington

WASHINGTON -- Invoking hope and history, President-elect Barack Obama rolled into the capital city Saturday night pledging to help bring the nation "a new Declaration of Independence" and promising to rise to the stern challenges of the times. He kicked off a four-day inaugural celebration with a daylong rail trip, retracing the path Abraham Lincoln took in 1861.

Obama began his day in Philadelphia, where he said the young nation had faced its "first true test" as a fragile democracy. He ended it in Washington, where his own tests await after his inauguration on Tuesday. (Watch video here)

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Boys hoops: Montrose defeats Forest City

FOREST CITY — Montrose makes no bones about how it wins basketball games. Right from the start against Forest City on Friday night, the physical Meteors pressured the ball, forced turnovers, converted transition baskets, and were unselfish on offense.

Dorothy and pals take stage for five shows as Broadway Theatre League of NEPA presents ‘The Wizard of Oz’

Come Jan. 23, Dorothy won’t be anywhere near Kansas. nstead, she, her little dog, Toto, and all of their other friends will be in Scranton when Broadway Theatre League of Northeast Pennsylvania brings the theatrical version of “The Wizard of Oz” to the Scranton Cultural Center at The Masonic Temple for five performances starting that night.